diff --git a/reference/sem/functions/shm-has-var.xml b/reference/sem/functions/shm-has-var.xml
index 481133ba08..9cd8b51f89 100644
--- a/reference/sem/functions/shm-has-var.xml
+++ b/reference/sem/functions/shm-has-var.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.shm-has-var">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>shm_has_var</refname>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>variable_key</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Checks whether a specific entry exists.
+   Checks whether a specific key exists inside a shared memory segment.
   </para>
  </refsect1>